Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Mighty_Tiger said:
Moses isn’t just about cash (of course it will be a factor in someways) otherwise he would’ve signed last year. He has had million $$ offer on the table for over 2mths now. That indicates something else is at play be it the 3rd party deals, other player agreements, club cap arrangements etc.

As to the argument about players taking cuts etc that comes if you get success but even then those clubs still have high profile earning players that are in the $1m club. Let’s be real the cap over the next 5yrs is projected to increase, it just jumped 25% this year alone. There are going to be at least 20 million $$ players within 3yrs signed on club deals. Moses on current form is deserving to be in that class.
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Although the CBA is obviously ongoing, dont expect cap rises across the next 5 years. The NRL said they were locking in the cap value for the next 5 years when they announced the increase. The RLPA have said that they are happy with the cap value but it is other issues they are negotiating for. So in theory, if both parties are happy to sign off on the cap value it wont be going up.
 
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TCL said:
I was dirty on Moses for the way he, teddy and woods played the club and while I can’t say for certain he tanked the game, you could see his heart wasn’t in it.
having said that I think he would certainly make us a better team and will help with further recruitment and that in my books is a win for WT on and off the field.
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how will he help further recruitment when we have so much cap tied to him. There will be no space left for further recruitment.
 
gregjm87 said:
Although the CBA is obviously ongoing, dont expect cap rises across the next 5 years. The NRL said they were locking in the cap value for the next 5 years when they announced the increase. The RLPA have said that they are happy with the cap value but it is other issues they are negotiating for. So in theory, if both parties are happy to sign off on the cap value it wont be going up.
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Its 100% not what is being factored in at the Storm. They are expecting it to increase by another 2-3m by 2028 at least. As to if it happens who knows but they are very confident.
 
I think that when the Eels offered Brown the $ and length of contract that they did not view Moses as the main enforcer of the team moving forward. I think Mitch knows this and he will be the immediate star and probably the highest paid NRL player in the game should he sign with the tigers. The Eels have mishandled the halves contracts if they wanted to keep them both.
 
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Coastie_Tiger said:
I’d like Moses to come I still think he’s a bit of a twat though. But one thing that was mentioned in the article a few pages back doesn’t sit well with me. That is our offer will make him the highest paid player in the game, I had to let that sink in a bit.
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The salary cap has gone up abit. Rather a legit top 3 halfback then a on/off second rower like David Fifita for 1.2 million.
 
Camel2281 said:
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The Cap just went up 2.5 mill. There's still plenty
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We have a top 30 for 2023. The cap for 2023 is $12.1mil. In order to be cap compliant we must have spent at least 95% of that cap. So with the increase, the most we could have left over is 600K. Say we move on one of Brooks/Doueihi and sign the other at 600K. That gives us 1.7Mil (1.1Mil + 600K). We spend 1.4Mil on Moses there is 300K. Of the remaining off-contract players only Staines and Laurie would be significantly above minimum wage. We can probably move one on and retain the other. Assuming the retained player isnt after an increase there is maybe another 500K to play with.
Leaves us 800K - for recruitment, less anything required to upgrade any of the younger players.
 
gregjm87 said:
We have a top 30 for 2023. The cap for 2023 is $12.1mil. In order to be cap compliant we must have spent at least 95% of that cap. So with the increase, the most we could have left over is 600K. Say we move on one of Brooks/Doueihi and sign the other at 600K. That gives us 1.7Mil (1.1Mil + 600K). We spend 1.4Mil on Moses there is 300K. Of the remaining off-contract players only Staines and Laurie would be significantly above minimum wage. We can probably move one on and retain the other. Assuming the retained player isnt after an increase there is maybe another 500K to play with.
Leaves us 800K - for recruitment, less anything required to upgrade any of the younger players.
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Can you help me with my fantasy coach team? 🙂
 
1eyedmel said:
I think that when the Eels offered Brown the $ and length of contract that they did not view Moses as the main enforcer of the team moving forward. I think Mitch knows this and he will be the immediate star and probably the highest paid NRL player in the game should he sign with the tigers. The Eels have mishandled the halves contracts if they wanted to keep them both.
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Have they mishandled, or just handled?

They have Dylan Brown and Jakob Arthur. Brad Arthur wants his son at Halfback, Eels are looking at Nathan Cleary going "wow we have one half up an coming in Arthur"...

In fact I reckon were reading the whole situation wrong. Moses knows the writing is on the wall, he has been a money whinger and Brad Arthur ain't keeping him over his son. Parra probably regret offloading Mahoney, although this makes sense now as they want an experienced hooker to give a good start to their halves.

Could the Tigers be getting pumped? Was Moses always on the Chopping block at the eels? if not 2023 then 2024 or 25?
 
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